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Hi,

A friend wants to degoogle his phone, so I suggested the OS I'm currently using. The one we can't talk about... He wants a small/compact phone, so I suggested pixel 4a (not buying second hand though), but I'm afraid that planned obsolescence may kill the phone rather soon. What's your opinion?

Cheers and thank you for your help,

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, that is too old for a new phone considering it's already past its end-of-life for both official support and your OS. I'm not sure why you'd recommend them to buy new either - a phone like that is only going to be good value if you pick up a used one for cheap. A new model will be massively overpriced for what it is (and may not even be new, just refurbished and repackaged).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess they were talking about a refurbished or a used one.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They specifically said "not second hand" so I assumed not.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Sorry I am really blind recently. A new 4A is a terrible deal